Jennifer's Web Resources Page

This is my resources page. From elsewhere on the site, click on the document icon to return here.

On this page are several groups of web page links:

• My favorite software downloads
• Reference desk
• Entertainment-related links
• Travel-related web sites
• Seattle area information

See my home page for more resources.

If it's not here, I recommend my favorite search engine, Google, or my favorite categorical internet listings, the Open Directory Project, Business.com, and Yahoo.

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My Favorite Software Downloads

Note: Some of these downloads are for trial versions only (though none of the software is particularly expensive). As a professional software developer, I strongly encourage you to download the trial, check it out, and then purchase the software if you find it useful.

Software of general interest:

• Mozilla, maker of the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client, and BugZilla bug tracking system, all of which I would highly recommend.
• The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), an excellent image editor, for tasks such as creating images from scratch and photo retouching
• Mighty FAX, fax sending and receiving software (Note: For fax receiving, I now use a free Internet-based fax service at K7.net. If you sign up there, be sure to set it up for Internet access, whether or not you also set it up to email your faxes to you, because sometimes the emails don't go through and you want a backup!)
• WinZip, for creating and opening archive files of many different types
• Adobe Acrobat Reader, for reading PDF files

Software of more interest to developers and IT experts:

• Cygwin, a Linux-like environment, complete with X-Windows, that runs under Windows
• Emacs, a full-featured programmer's text editor
• FileZilla, an FTP client
• PuTTY, a telnet/SSH client for Windows
• NSIS, the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, which you can use to make installation programs for your Windows-based software

To find other free and low-cost software to download, I suggest:

• Tucows
• WinPlanet
• C|Net Download.com
• PalmGear, and FreeWare Palm, which have free and low-cost software for Palm OS handheld devices

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Reference Desk

• AltaVista's Babel Fish translation page
• A phone directory giving addresses and phone numbers of lots of people and businesses
• A directory for finding people on the Internet
• Google Maps, offering maps and driving directions
• USGS Geographical query server, which lets you put in US place names and find out where they are
• Where to download USGS topo maps
• World Time Server, which gives you the current time all over the world
• The Vote Smart Web, with lots of information about American politics
• Writing-related resources: Writing World, Poets and Writers Online, and the Children's Writing Resource Center

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Entertainment-related Links

• Musi-Cal, a listing of musical events all over the country
• Dancing in Seattle (with some links to elsewhere)
• Lists of bookstores around the world.

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Travel-related Web Sites

• Travel Library, a general, comprehensive travel page
• CDC Travel Information, information on travel health and immunizations from the Centers for Disease Control
• CIA World Factbook, which contains general information about every(?) country in the world, including demographics, politics, and economy
• US State Department Travel Page
• StudyAbroad.com
• My list of bicycle trails, including bicycling web resources.
• My page on social responsibility, including information on volunteering abroad

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Seattle area information

• Washington State boat launches
• LAFD earthquake information
• Pacific Northwest earthquake information
• King County Metro - bus info
• Washington State traffic info
• Tide predictions (national)
• Weather forecasts (national)

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